What's in those packages?

THAT is the sum total of the old stained glass altar window! With the lead between the glass pieces (as well as some of the glass pieces) crumbling as Jim Erickson and Jim Harvey took out the old window, they took it all back to Jim H.'s studio and cleaned each piece of dangerous lead residue. Jim E. then packaged all the glass pieces according to color! In the future, we will decide how we want to use these pieces.

That is a beautiful frame and window!

Enjoy the view now because by the end of the month a gorgeous stained glass window will be on the other side of that glass! That frame took a cross country trip to get here. Made by a company in New York that specializes in making aluminum frames (This is no pop can frame; it is multi-tracked and very solid!), it was shipped by truck to Nebraska where a stained glass artist, a friend of our General Contractor, knew how to appropriately package it for the trip to Hawaii. Airlines in the Midwest don't accept freight of that height, so back on a truck it went for a trip to LA. Finally, it was fly time! Hello, Frame! We're so glad you made it here!

A most talented trio!

These three make quite a team. Here they are making plans for the installation of the new altar window beginning on July 24th. Jim Erickson and Annalee Jones you recognize as our stained glass artists working on this project. They are joined in this photo by Jim Harvey (on the left) who, as you probably gathered, is working closely with them on this project. Jim is the creative carpenter who managed a few years back to get our Bell Tower bell back into place, securely stabilized, and working after it fell--all 600 pounds of it! These three are making plans for the installation of the new altar window beginning July 24th.